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been before, but a confiderable di- 

 ftance beneath it, the fpirit of wine 

 having gained in extent what it loft 

 in ftrength by receiving fo many 

 aqueous particles into it. I chofeto 

 make this tryal rather with a Lixi- 

 tiuni of Salt of Tartar than with 

 byl of Tartar per Deliquium, be- 

 caufe in this laft named liquot 

 the aqueous and faline particles ar6 

 itiore elbfely combined and there- 

 fore more difficult to be feparated 

 than I thought they would be in a 

 Lixivium haftily made, thoiigh verjr 

 ftrong. And though by much agi- 

 tation I have fometimes obtained 

 fome fait of Tartar from the above- 

 mentioned oil? yet the experiment 

 fucceeded nothing hear lb well 

 with that liquor as with a Lixivium. 

 I made alfothe like tryal with ex- 

 ceedingly dephlegmed fpirit of wine^ 

 and as ftrong a Brine as I could 

 make of common fait diftblved with- 

 out heat in common watery and I 

 thereby obtained no de'fpicable pro- 

 portion of finely figured fait, that 

 O wa§ 



